Gustave Flaubert 
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Comment Félicité, une simple servante normande, en vient-elle à confondre dans la même adoration son perroquet avec le Saint-Esprit ? Comment le jeune Julien, auquel tout sourit, mais que le sort destine à tuer son père et sa mère, parviendra-t-il à devenir un saint ? Comment Hérodias va-t-elle réussir à obtenir l’exécution de Jean-Baptiste, qui l’a injuriée ?

A propos de l’auteur

Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, in the Haute-Normandie Region of France.

Flaubert’s curious modes of composition favored and were emphasized by these peculiarities. He worked in sullen solitude, sometimes occupying a week in the completion of one page, never satisfied with what he had composed, violently tormenting his brain for the best turn of a phrase, the most absolutely final adjective. It cannot be said that his incessant labors were not rewarded. His private letters show that he was not one of those to whom easy and correct language is naturally given; he gained his extraordinary perfection with the unceasing sweat of his brow. One of the most severe of academic critics admits that in all his works, and in every page of his works, Flaubert may be considered a model of style.